Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ Special Edition 8 GB

[lexluthermiester]

For approximately $150 more.

True, but worth it if you can afford such.

 

[Ravenas]

True, but worth it if you can afford such.

I agree with the power consumption improvements, however, I think the 5700 is a bit overkill for 1080p. Damn good 1440p GPU though.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I agree with the power consumption improvements, however, I think the 5700 is a bit overkill for 1080p.

That's an interesting point of view. Kinda depends on the games being played. However look at it this way, by purchasing a 5700 you will be future proofing the system in question for at least two years. If your budget is a limitation, the holiday season is coming up and there will be sales. Might be worth it to wait a few months for a good deal. Not trying to tell you the RX590 is a bad card, only the RX5700 is the better value and will last you much longer.

 

[RealNeil]

GT90 is right. I went from a pair of 290X Sapphire cards in Crossfire to a pair of 390X in Crossfire and got very little gain from it.
The 590 is proven to be a lot better in Benchmarks. IDK % points, but I'm willing to bet it will be a nice upgrade for him.

 

[lexluthermiester]

GT90 is right. I went from a pair of 290X Sapphire cards in Crossfire to a pair of 390X in Crossfire and got very little gain from it.
The 590 is proven to be a lot better in Benchmarks. IDK % points, but I'm willing to bet it will be a nice upgrade for him.

Agreed, it would a good upgrade.

 

[Ravenas]

GT90 is right. I went from a pair of 290X Sapphire cards in Crossfire to a pair of 390X in Crossfire and got very little gain from it.
The 590 is proven to be a lot better in Benchmarks. IDK % points, but I'm willing to bet it will be a nice upgrade for him.

Thanks. Really just looking to allow him to play any game on a 1080p monitor. Bought him a Ryzen 3600 and a B450 motherboard too.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Thanks. Really just looking to allow him to play any game on a 1080p monitor. Bought him a Ryzen 3600 and a B450 motherboard too.

Very nice!

 

[AlwaysHope]

Still rocking an R9 Nano for 1080P!

 

[GoldenX]

If Vega can be used on APUs, why are we still on Polaris?

 

[Valantar]

If Vega can be used on APUs, why are we still on Polaris?

Because Vega isn't really any faster per CU than Polaris for non-compute tasks, and Polaris is cheap and easy to make? Making a new Vega die to replace the current Polaris models with near-zero performance gain would be rather silly. Beyond that, Polaris is slowly but surely being replaced by Navi, but until then it still performs well.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Nice thing I noticed about this card is that most of the time it is running ZeroRPM (fans aren't spinning). Honestly, it's pretty rare for the card to make any sound at all.

 

[RealNeil]

Thanks. Really just looking to allow him to play any game on a 1080p monitor. Bought him a Ryzen 3600 and a B450 motherboard too.

It'll be a nice system for him.

 

[Ravenas]

Nice thing I noticed about this card is that most of the time it is running ZeroRPM (fans aren't spinning). Honestly, it's pretty rare for the card to make any sound at all.

Oh well well I checked your system specs, you are a proud owner. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[evolucion8]

It is funny to compare 590 with 980 Ti and 2080, the 3 of them consume around 220 W, but 980 Ti is a 3.5 years old card in 28 nm that is still 4% faster, and 2080 is 2x faster using a 12 nm process as 590. Price is AMD's only weapon.View attachment 110656

Except that the RTX 2080 has a die size that is three times bigger, complex and more expensive to manufacture. And still 2.5 times smaller than the GTX 980 Ti while being as fast, The RX 590 was never meant to be a high performance part, was meant to be a performance part that would offer similar performance to previous top end GPUs at a much smaller die size, much lower price and less heat and power consumption.

 

[WikiFM]

Except that the RTX 2080 has a die size that is three times bigger, complex and more expensive to manufacture. And still 2.5 times smaller than the GTX 980 Ti while being as fast, The RX 590 was never meant to be a high performance part, was meant to be a performance part that would offer similar performance to previous top end GPUs at a much smaller die size, much lower price and less heat and power consumption.

I was talking just about power efficiency, in which 590 took 3.5 years to catch 980 Ti. Yes 2080 is 3 times bigger yet consumes the same and is 2 times faster. So 590 hasn't less heat and consumption than 980 Ti or 2080.